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WE'RE GONNA DIEBy Young Jean Lee
Performed by Elena Belyea
Directed by Kathryn Smith
Featuring the Band Mother Courage
You may be miserable, but you won't be alone. Verb Theatre presents renowned playwright Young Jean Lee's show: We're Gonna Die. With lead performer Elena Belyea weaving together stories about the human experience, backed by local band Mother Courage, We're Gonna Die is for anyone, anywhere.
Presented at Theatre 1308
1308, Edmonton Trail
OPENING NIGHT: APRIL 28TH; 7:30PM
PERFORMANCE RUN: APRIL 29TH - MAY 6TH; 7:30PM
MATINEE: APRIL 30TH; 2:00PM
*MAY 2ND IS A MASKED PERFORMANCE*
Run time: 60 minutes; no intermission
No performance on Monday May 1st
CREATIVE TEAM
Elena Belyea: SINGER
Sacha Crow: GUITAR
Caleigh Crow: BASS
Gus Rendell: DRUMS
Young Jean Lee: PLAYWRIGHT
Kathryn Smith: DIRECTOR
Miranda Martini: MUSIC DIRECTOR
Millie Winzinowich: STAGE MANAGER
Hanne Loosen: SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
Jason Eckenroth: PRODUCTION MANAGER
Sam Jeffery: MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT
Camille Pavlenko: ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: YOUNG JEAN LEE
Young Jean Lee is a writer, director, and filmmaker who has been called "the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation" by the New York Times and "one of the best experimental playwrights in America" by Time Out New York. She has written and directed numerous shows in New York with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, and toured her work to over thirty cities around the world. Her plays have been published by Theatre Communications Group, Dramatists Play Service, and Samuel French. In 2013, she released her debut album, We're Gonna Die, with her band, Future Wife. Lee is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two OBIE Awards, a Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a PEN Literary Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant, and the ZKB Patronage Prize of the Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1308 Edmonton Trl NE, Calgary, AB T2E 3K7, Canada
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